I’ve seen the future and it doesn’t work: dystopias
(A reprint from my own blog) “Dystopia” is the polar opposite of utopia, a society where instead of perfection, everything has gone wrong. Or more precisely gone wrong in …
Category: Comics
Batman gets a new car! No, it’s not his midlife crisis.
With Batman #217, cover-dated December 1969, the New Look era of Batman ended. The Dark Knight era of the 1970s began. The New Look era launched in 1964 to juice …
The Greg Hatcher Legacy Files #219: ‘Happy Wold Newton Day!’
As always, we go down a fun rabbit hole!
Wanna know a secret? The original Secret Six
As my Silver Age reread is now sliding into 1970, I’m writing about Secret Six a little late. #1 of the original series by that name came out cover-dated April/May …
Stan Lee saw the problem. Steve Englehart found the solution
Captain America #122, “The Sting of the Scorpion,” (Stan Lee, Gene Colan) isn’t a good issue but it’s an interesting one. The story is basic: Sharon’s on a mission for …
Life, death and famous firsts
The least of the first times I’m covering here is the first appearance of Agatha Harkness in Fantastic Four #94, “The Return of the Frightful Four” by Stan Lee and …